Pros & Cons:

Scan CD's, recover CD's, salvage fragments.

This product is free to use but note: the authors state that you should request a free license from CDCheck online (you must register as a CDCheck online user, activate your account, login to CDCheck online and request free license).

Our Review:

CDCheck is a good alternative program to scan most CDs and DVDs in a few minutes to tell you if the data is OK - this way, you don't have to find out the hard way that there is a problem.

Plus you can use the time it takes for a scan to complete as an indicator of the CD or DVDs overall health. Even though files may not be recorded as damaged, slower results normally indicate a CD that is on the way out (expect longer times if there are more files on the CD).

If a CD or DVD is showing files with damage, or you can no longer read a file in a drive, CDCheck can be switched to recovery mode and makes a full sweep of the CD or DVD, recovering lost files along the way. When parts of a file can't be fully recovered, the program will still recover any salvageable fragments.